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[quote=Anonymous]Jens very recent recount of her son Caleb and also her parenting advice for all of us:

“This first picture of Caleb makes me die of laughter. This was Easter morning in which I had carefully and lovingly created Easter bags for each kid. This is my third child telling me in no uncertain terms that I could F off with this particular lollipop.  He expressed his immediate disapproval and threw it on the ground while I howled with laughter and reached for my camera…..

This child was born this way. He was cranky, irritable, and hilarious. He made us laugh 100 times a day with his crabby old  man demeanor. He found his own brand of sunshine later, but dear lord he was here for NONE OF IT from the jump. (Please recall again that this was the child who walked out of his own high school graduation midway through.)

“As everyone is getting ready for back to school, please let your rogue children be who they are.”

“I have always said: Parent the kid you have, not the kid you were. You will spare both of you so much grief. Let them be exactly who they are. Find a way to delight in their weird little personality, even if they throw your lollipop on the ground in a blaze of glory. That kid might grow up to make you laugh harder than any of them.”

Awesome. Thanks Jen. [/quote]

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